TRIP TO AG. NIKOLAOS

Today we took a bus trip to Agios Nikolaos. It was about a 90minute bus ride from Heraklion. Scenery was pretty along the way. Today, May 1, is the equivalent of our Labour Day Holiday. Some places were closed up tight and there were solidarity gatherings. Lots of speeches and chants and men in and around the town – I imagine with the current situation in Greece, it was better attended than usual.



The town we went to was a seaside resort and we saw our first glimpses of what I perceive Greece to be with small boats all lined up. It was a very picturesque little place and once again we walked our feet off. We found a restaurant – actually you don’t have to look hard they are everywhere and each one has a hawker out front, “Ladies please come sit.”. So eventually you give in to one of them and take a seat. We try to settle on a restaurant with cheap looking chairs. Don’t know if it is true, but we have decided that the cheaper the chairs – the better the price. We had Greek Salad, chicken and pork Souvlaki and a beer. It was refreshing and delicious and the feta cheese here is so much better than home. Very creamy and absolutely wonderful on salad or alone.

It was extremely windy in Ag. Nikolaos – warm, but very windy. A lady we met in town said that it is very unusual for it to be this windy…she said that it was a south wind coming up from the Syrian Desert. We only had capris and light t-shirts on and were never cold. Just had different hairdos! So our return trip was only 14.5 euros and we were gone from 10:45 and came back to our hotel by 5:00. It was a pretty full day!

There was a beautiful church in the village and Tina and I went over and looked in. I don’t think there was any area that wasn’t covered by paintings of the story of Christ – it really was beautiful. I lit a candle for Peter as it would have been our 35th anniversary today.

Don’t know what we will do this evening, but we probably won’t go far. As it is Sunday, the only things open at night are restaurants. We will probably have a walk down by the water and back again. That will do us good.